Nomophobia, anxiety, and social comparison orientation: Associations with physical health symptoms among college students.

IF 1.5 4区医学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of American College Health Pub Date : 2025-09-25 DOI:10.1080/07448481.2025.2563028

Emmanuel Lapitan, Raj Harsora, Kyle R Haggerty, Danielle Arigo

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Abstract

Objectives: Nomophobia is characterized by distress about being without one's mobile phone and is associated with negative health outcomes, particularly for college students. However, the unique contributions of nomophobia versus global anxiety and the role of social comparison orientation (SCO) is not clear.

Participants: 310 college students (M_Ag_e = 19.43; 66% women; 34% racial/ethnic minority identity).

Methods: Cross-sectional survey using validated measures of nomophobia, anxiety, SCO, and physical health symptoms.

Results: Including nomophobia did not improve model fit relative to anxiety alone for predicting symptoms (ΔR² = 0.003, p = 0.32). There was no interaction between nomophobia and SCO (R² = 0.01, p = 0.12), though the interaction between anxiety and SCO was significant (R² = 0.03, p = 0.01).

Conclusions: Global anxiety may be more useful for identifying students at risk for physical health symptoms than nomophobia. Future work elucidating whether nomophobia is an appropriate treatment target for managing anxiety-related and/or physical health symptoms could help improve the health of college students.

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无物恐惧症、焦虑和社会比较倾向：与大学生身体健康症状的关系

目的：无手机恐惧症的特征是对没有手机感到痛苦，并与负面健康结果有关，特别是对大学生而言。然而，无物恐惧症对全球焦虑的独特贡献以及社会比较取向（SCO）的作用尚不清楚。参与者：310名大学生（MAge = 19.43； 66%为女性；34%为少数民族）。方法：横断面调查使用验证措施无恐惧症，焦虑，SCO和身体健康症状。结果：在预测症状方面，与单独焦虑相比，纳入无恐惧症并未改善模型拟合（ΔR2 = 0.003, p = 0.32）。无恐惧症与SCO无交互作用（R2 = 0.01, p = 0.12），焦虑与SCO有交互作用（R2 = 0.03, p = 0.01）。结论：整体焦虑可能比无恐惧症更有助于识别有身体健康症状风险的学生。未来的工作阐明无恐惧症是否是管理焦虑相关和/或身体健康症状的适当治疗目标，有助于改善大学生的健康状况。

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Journal of American College Health Multiple-

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5.40

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12.50%

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388

期刊介绍： Binge drinking, campus violence, eating disorders, sexual harassment: Today"s college students face challenges their parents never imagined. The Journal of American College Health, the only scholarly publication devoted entirely to college students" health, focuses on these issues, as well as use of tobacco and other drugs, sexual habits, psychological problems, and guns on campus, as well as the students... Published in cooperation with the American College Health Association, the Journal of American College Health is a must read for physicians, nurses, health educators, and administrators who are involved with students every day.